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George McGovern’s Imperfect Peace

By Metta Blogger Philip Wight This past Sunday, October 21st, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate George McGovern died at the age of ninety. Since his death, newspapers and the internet have buzzed with tributes to the “idealism” and “optimism” of the late McGovern, especially praising his role as a “peacenik” during the Vietnam War.… read more